Syn. Sphinx Pholus, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Zygæna Pholus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 406. No. 27. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2399. 155. (Sphinx).
Habitat: New England, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina.
Upper Side. Antennæ black, and thickest in the middle. Head, eyes, thorax, and abdomen black. Shoulders and half the superior wings deep orange yellow; the apical half black. Posterior wings, next the body, paler yellow; the remaining two-thirds black.
Under Side. Tongue curled up. Breast, sides, abdomen, and legs black. Wings coloured as on the upper side, but not quite so brilliant.
GLAUCOPIS? ASTREAS.
Plate [XXVIII]. fig. 4.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia. Family: Zygænidæ.
Genus. Glaucopis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. (Zygæna, Fabr. olim.)
Glaucopis? Astreas. Alis subhyalinis albidis, maculâ mediâ apiceque fuscis, thorace nigro maculato, abdomine roseo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)